Batch of links

- A major cereal brand is finally making a resealable bag!

- Ice cream is a superfood! All the more reason to buy the lactose-free dairy ice cream you like, or make it at home.

- Here’s an explanation of what “bronze-cut pasta” is.

- If you’re tired of fried eggs, but not quite in the mood to make proper scrambled eggs, consider frambled eggs.

- Did you know that it’s fine to use modern dish soap on cast iron, because it’s not strong enough to remove its seasoning? That’s no lye!

- There’s a new drug that protects people with celiac disease form gluten damage, and it passed phase II clinical trials!

- Remember The Biggest Little Farm? Well, they’ve got a 12-part YouTube series! Two episodes are online as of today, with the rest dropping weekly.

- I was reading Coup de Pouce and found a few brands of menstrual products that caught my eye. There’s Soje that makes menstrual underwear, and also Alea that makes biodegradable menstrual protection. So not only are their pads and tampons plastic-free, they are disposable AND biodegradable!

- Good bacteria from fecal transplants can reduce peanut allergy symptoms.

- You’ve heard about how to dramatically lower your risk of ovarian cancer, right?

- Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is now called polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS). While part of me is thrilled that this is more accurate and focuses on the true long-term health implications (metabolic rather than reproductive), I feel really let-down that it still refers to ovaries, since we now know that men can have it too. Anyway, here’s to hoping it gets more research funding.

- Type B blood carries a higher risk of type 2 diabetes. This is super interesting to me, as this condition is influenced by both lifestyle and genetics. I’m now wondering whether PCOS/PMOS is correlated with that blood type as well?

- Some recent news about dementia… One study showed than an extra year of school reduced the risk of dementia, which I find particularly interesting because it wasn’t like “people who choose to stay in school longer have a lower risk,” it was “people who were forced to stay in school longer have a lower risk.” Also, there’s a correlation between napping and developing dementia, though obviously not necessarily a causation. Finally, the shape of someone’s head might help predict their risk of developing Alzheimer’s.